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APPENDIX A: ANNUAL REPORT ON UAP—FY 2022 NDAA
Subsection (h) of section 1683 (Establishment of Office, Organizational Structure, and Authorities to Address Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) of the FY 2022 NDAA (Public Law 117-81) listed requirements for an Annual Report on UAP matters. In the subsection, the term “the Director” refers to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), and the term “the Secretary” refers to the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF). The text of the subsection is below.
(1) Requirement. Not later than 31 October 2022, and annually thereafter until 31 October 2026, the Director, in consultation with the Secretary, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on unidentified aerial phenomena.
(2) Elements. Each report under paragraph (1) shall include, with respect to the year covered by the report, the following information:
- (A) All reported unidentified aerial phenomena-related events that occurred during the one-year period.
- (B) All reported unidentified aerial phenomena-related events that occurred during a period other than that one-year period but were not included in an earlier report.
- (C) An analysis of data and intelligence received through each reported unidentified aerial phenomena related event.
- (D) An analysis of data relating to unidentified aerial phenomena collected through:
- (i) Geospatial intelligence;
- (ii) Signals intelligence;
- (iii) Human intelligence; and
- (iv) Measurement and signature intelligence.
- (E) The number of reported unidentified aerial phenomena over restricted air space of the United States during the one-year period.
- (F) An analysis of such incidents identified under subparagraph (E).
- (G) Identification of potential aerospace or other threats posed by unidentified aerial phenomena to the national security of the United States.
- (H) An assessment of any activity regarding unidentified aerial phenomena that can be attributed to one or more adversarial foreign governments.
- (I) Identification of any incidents or patterns regarding unidentified aerial phenomena that indicate a potential adversarial foreign government may have achieved a breakthrough aerospace capability.
- (J) An update on the coordination by the United States with allies and partners on efforts to track, understand, and address unidentified aerial phenomena.
- (K) An update on efforts underway on the ability to capture or exploit discovered unidentified aerial phenomena.
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